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consequitur_fw-la quod_fw-la hi_o soli_fw-la veer_fw-la docti_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la habent_fw-la fâ—rus_n in_o joan._n 14._o mentem_fw-la sancto_fw-la spiritu_fw-la non_fw-la repletam_fw-la deum_fw-la videre_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la cum_fw-la prolixa_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la intelligeâ—e_fw-la coeperit_fw-la dicta_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la nihil_fw-la ei_fw-la proderit_fw-la quod_fw-la videatur_fw-la voces_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o opera_fw-la proffer_v iust._n mart._n dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n acutum_fw-la ingenium_fw-la non_fw-la conducit_fw-la ad_fw-la melius_fw-la &_o facilius_fw-la credendum_fw-la fide_fw-la divina_fw-la nam_fw-la actus_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la fidei_fw-la est_fw-la supernaturalis_fw-la etiam_fw-la quoad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la noster_fw-la intellectus_fw-la non_fw-la elicit_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la actum_fw-la nisi_fw-la juxta_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la &_o proportionem_fw-la luminis_fw-la infusi_fw-la gonz._n in_o 1._o disp_n 72._o n._n 12._o 12._o quando_fw-la anima_fw-la nostra_fw-la intellectualibus_fw-la operationibus_fw-la ad_fw-la intelligibilia_fw-la movetur_fw-la superflui_fw-la quidem_fw-la sunt_fw-la sensibilium_fw-la sensus_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o intellectuales_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quando_fw-la anima_fw-la deiformis_fw-la facta_fw-la per_fw-la unctionem_fw-la ignoti_fw-la inaccessibilis_fw-la lucis_fw-la lumini_fw-la se_fw-la immittit_fw-la dionys._n areop_n de_fw-fr divin_fw-fr nom_fw-fr lect._n 9_o intelligibiles_fw-la virtutes_fw-la nstrae_fw-la naturalis_fw-la rationis_fw-la superfluunt_fw-la quando_fw-la anima_fw-la nostra_fw-la deo_fw-la conformata_fw-la immittit_fw-la se_fw-la rebus_fw-la divinis_fw-la non_fw-la immissione_fw-la oculorum_fw-la corporalium_fw-la sed_fw-la immissione_fw-la fidei_fw-la scilicet_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la divinum_fw-la lumen_fw-la ignotum_fw-la &_o inaccessibile_fw-la seipsum_fw-la nobis_fw-la unit_fw-la &_o communicate_v aquin._n in_o areop_n locum_fw-la omnis_fw-la virtus_fw-la creatae_fw-la naturae_fw-la habet_fw-la terminos_fw-la suos_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la potentia_fw-la visiva_fw-la potest_fw-la aliud_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la quam_fw-la lucem_fw-la &_o colores_fw-la nec_fw-la auditiva_fw-la praeter_fw-la sonos_fw-la nec_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la potest_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la aliud_fw-la intelligere_fw-la quam_fw-la naturalia_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la naturalia_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la cognosci_fw-la possunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la ergo_fw-la potentia_fw-la visiva_fw-la de_fw-la sonis_fw-la nullum_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v judicium_fw-la nec_fw-la auditiva_fw-la de_fw-la coloribus_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la animalis_fw-la nec_fw-la carnalis_fw-la qui_fw-la caret_fw-la lumine_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la certum_fw-la judicium_fw-la dare_n quia_fw-la autem_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la habet_fw-la lumen_fw-la quo_fw-la supernaturalia_fw-la cognoscuntur_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-fr